People living near the international date line have become used to some confusion about when a feast day occurs. Even Sunday becomes a moveable feast. If you live in Tonga, you can avoid your Sunday obligation by slipping across the date line and then coming back again, Some years ago, a significant crisis unfolded when Read more
Astronaut Mike Hopkins spent six months on the International Space Station (ISS) in 2013. He took with him a pyx with six consecrated hosts broken into four pieces. It was enough so that he could take Communion once a week for the 24 weeks he was aboard the ISS. Continue reading
The death of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has prompted a bout of soul-searching about America’s national destiny as well as mourning for an icon of the 20th century. As tributes continued to pour in on Sunday for the former astronaut who died aged 82 there were also expressions of regret that Read more